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This kind of new brain imaging study could help identify cognitive problems and psychiatric disorders very early and develop appropriate interventions.

Board members support the mission of the Center by advocating to increase its visibility and by assisting with fundraising efforts. The board, created in May 2014, is voluntary.

Editor Alice Lockhart, BA Director of Communications alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu Photography Brian Strickland Photography KPO Photo Marie Lamoureaux Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Center faculty and staff present at NAMI state-wide conference Staff and faculty from two Center programs presented October 7-8 at the annual NAMI North Carolina State-wide Conference held at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, professor and medical director of UNC OASIS Chapel Hill and Carrboro, presented “Recognizing...

Tracey Himmel and Manmohan Sihra joined the Center’s advisory board this fall. Himmel has more than 20 years of business development experience. Most recently, she was business development manager for the Chapel Hill /Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and previously served as assistant regional manager at ReliaStar Life Insurance (now Voya.)...

  More than 175 friends and supporters of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health attended a celebration of recovery at the third annual No Limits Gala held at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on November 17. John Gilmore, MD, director of the Center, and Aaron Nelson,...

  On September 13, artists and friends of the UNC Brushes with Life Arts Program gathered in the lobby of the North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital to celebrate this year’s opening exhibition and reception. Following a welcome from John Gilmore, MD, director of the Center, and an introduction of the artists...

  John Gilmore MD It has been an exciting and busy time at the Center. We collaborated with our friends and colleagues at the Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness for “Pasta with Purpose,” a fundraiser sponsored by the Carolina Club. We hosted our third annual...

Come see the Institute Director share her knowledge at the conference. Keynote Presenter:  Lorna Moser, PhD, HSPP, is director of the Institute for Best Practices within the University of North Carolina (UNC) Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and is a licensed psychologist with specialized training in psychiatric rehabilitation...

The Center’s Wake County programs, STEP, OASIS and our Wake ACT Team, along with WakeBrook Crisis and Assessment and its programs, and the UNC Parent Assessment Program were honored as UNC Health Care Award as part of a leadership award that North Carolina Council of Community Programs presented to UNC...

Mark your calendar for November 17 for the Center's Third Annual No Limits Gala. Professional drummer and mental health advocate Mike Veny will be the featured speaker at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC Campus. He is founder of TransformingStigma.Com.

It has been an exciting year at the Center, and we continue to grow our services to reach more individuals with mental illness and to train mental health professionals around the state. Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, and her team at UNC’s Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS) expanded their services...